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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-09-09, Page 3
THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER £1^ 1943 BRINSLEY Visitors at the home of Miss Mary Amos for the week-end were- Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Amos, of Brantford; Mr. and Mrs, George Vaun. Mrs.' Alice Gray, Mrs. George Holland, Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Sanguise, of Toronto, The sympathy of the community goes to Mi1. Anthony Rowe and fam ily in their bereavement, Mrs. Rowo died very suddenly last Friday even ing* Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sboldjce and family returned to Windsor after spending a week with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Bert Sholdice, Brinsley school re-opened Tuesday with Miss Alice Hodgins, of Clande-; boye, as teacher, Upl. and Mrs, Lyle 'Mitchell, of Sarnia, are spending a few days this week at the home of Mr, J. L Amos, Anniversary services will be ob served in the United Church on Sun day next. Rev. Hensail, will be special speaker at both services, at 11,00 a.m. and in the evening at 7.30, The Crediton United Church choir will be assist ing. A number from this community attended Decoration Day Services at the St, James Cemetery, Clande- boye, last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Watson spent the week-end with friends and fives in this community. NO JL’KIiMlT needed All jam, jolly, marmalade and honey are rationed, but this does not prevent Red Cross workers from sending jam and honey to Britain if purchased. No special permit is, needed for this, Sugar can be obtained for making jam for Britain but a permit must be obtained from the office of the Canadian Red Cross, Ontario Divi sion in Toronto. ——-5-SSB Exeter Locals Borden Sanders, of London, week-end visitor at his home and Mrs. Leon Dearing and visited with Mrs. C. Box I R, A. Brooks, of rela CREDITON EAST CREDITON EAST Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Heatherley, of London, spent Monday with Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Motz. Mr. Murray Neil, of London, spent the week-end at his home here. We are pleased to see Sims out again after his ness. Mr. Jimmie Clil'fe and Flynn, end at Mr. family, Heathe, of Windsor, spent the end with Mrs. H. Kuhn. Pte. Alvin Sims, of London. here. of London, spent the latter’s home and Mrs. Stuart. of Baden, and Page > jtjavhr—siiarpe Mr. recent Eli ill- Mr. Alvin the week- here. Kubn and Mr- Kay the week-end at his home spent Wings Presented at No, 9 by Dam Buster Gibson SHIPKA There will be no church Sunday next. Anniversary at Brinsley. Sunday school a. m. Miss Erma Finkbehler, from Sar- weeks services services at 10.30 On Wednesday evening, Septem ber 1, a wedding of widespread in terest was solemnized at the Trivitt Memorial Church, Exeter, Ontario, with the Reverend Mr. Hunt officia ting when Margaret Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, E. J, Sharpe, of North Battleford, Saskatchewan was united in marriage to Walter Janies, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Feaver, of Preston, Ontario. The church was decorated with baskets of Picardy gladiollii. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of Corporal Harry Simpkins looked .lovely in a dressmaker suit of beige gabardine, with powder blue off- the-face hat, shoulder-length veil and matching gloves. He corsage was Talisman roses. The bridesmaid Corporal Jean Hart, wore a light grey tailored suit with navy blue hat and veil, and corsage of Better Times roses. The best man Leading ett. The a moss sage of ist was and Corporal Harry Simpkins sang “I Love You Truly” signing of the register the wedding the bride left foi Ontario donned luggage guests Feaver, all of ' Betty < Detroit hand, parents of the bride who were un able to he present sent a congratu latory telegram. After their honey moon in London, Ontario, the counle will resume their duties at No. 9 Service Training School, tralia, Ontario. roses. The best man was ; Aircraftsman William Eak- j mother of the groom wore green crepe dress and cor- Roosevelt roses. The organ- Corporal Kathleen Horwood, during the . Following and groom in London, away the bride Tweed nia, is holidaying for a few with relatives. Little Nancy Clarke, from ford, is holidaying with her parents, Mr. zer. Miss Jean London, is here. Mr. John and Mrs. Wm. T-hed- grand- Sweit- McKenzie, R.N., from visiting at her home the week-end with his L. Schrader. bells will be ringing Humble, from Sarnia, is visiting with friends. Mr. Borden Schrader, from Wind sor, spent father, Mr. Wedding shortly. Mrs. Donald Barr and two chil dren, of Sarnia, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sweitzer. Miss Dorothy Ratz, of Dashwood, and Miss Helen Westcott, of Exeter, spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ratz. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Bawden and two children, of Windsor, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ratz. Miss Reta Ratz, R.N., of Peter- is spending her holidays and Mrs. Jacob Ratz. opened on Tuesday with Disjardin, of Grand Bend as teacher. borough, with Mr. School Mrs. M. A husband said to- his wife: “I read here that ‘Woman without her man is a savage’.” She looked over her shoulder and said: read that again.” slower: “Woman! man is a savage!” And he Without “Just read bet, •4ri Aft outstanding “Wings Presen tation” was held at S.F.T.S, No 9, Centralia, Thursday afternoon of last week when Wing Cmdr. Guy Gibson V.C., D.S.O, and bar, D.F.C. and bai’f now known as the “Dam Buster” presented the wings to the graduates at an outdoor ceremony that attracted many visitors. 25-year-old flying ace gave opinion that Germany ed from this war. the first more and are quick this time barrage of more, Ene- to get into the target The ace gave his can he bomb- Ellen Davis, of London, visited here with friends over the holiday. Mr. was a here, Mr. family over Labor’ Day. Pilot Officer Donald Sanders is visiting his mother, Mrs. S. M» San ders and Miss K. Cameron. Mrs. A. R, Tomlinson, who was ill in Victoria Hospital, London, re turned to her home Monday, Mrs, Ella Patterson, of Windsor, is a guest of Mrs. A. McAvoy and Miss Anne Sanders for a few days. Three rinks of Exeter bowler; were in Goderich Labor Day taking in a Scotch, Doubles tournament. Dr, and Mrs, Steiner and Tommy spent the week-end holidays at Wasaga Beach and other northern points. Miss Doris Webber, of Strathroy, spent Sunday and Labor Day visit-! Bomber Command’s old slogan ing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. that Germany can be bombed Roy Webber. [the count, and, after that job Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Carling and (cleaned up, Japan will be next on granddaughter, of London, spent the (the list,” the 25-year-old youth ex- a honeymoon For going a Harris Tweed coat in I 3 tan shade. The out of town included Mr. and Mrs. T. , and Mrs. F. Feaver Junior, Preston, Ontario, the Misses and Doreen Timmins from Michigan, and Mrs. Hus-, Smale, from London, Ontario. The Three Rescued Cen- (When Boat Capsizes After clinging for an hour and a half to an overturned boat in Lake Huron opposite Turnbull's Grove, north of Grand Bend on Sunday af ternoon a teen-aged boy swam a half mile to shore and secured help that his The roit. his of of saved the lives of his father, grandfather and another man. hoy was Dick Hanna, of Det- Those who were rescued were his father, Wilbur Hanna, and 7 6-year-old grandfather, both Detroit, and M, E. McCallum, Grand Bend. The three men and the youth were out in the lake in the boat when it suddenly overturned. On the seats of the boat were life-saving cushions and one of the men dived beneath the boat and secured them. With one of these Dick Hanna, although a good swimmer, started for the shore over a half a mile away. After lan ding he had some distance to cover before reaching a cottage which he did in a state of collapse. Norman Jackson secured a and started for the rescue but the roll that prevailed on the water he was enable to see the men whose heads alone were above the water and it was some time before he picked them up and brought them to shore Dr. H. cue with Bend. He been picked up but he secured the boat and towed it in. With Dr. 'Cow en were several Exeter This was not the first Dick Hanna had played of hero. Some time ago his blood to save the life of a person who was suffering from a rare desease. Dick earlier in his life had been stricken by the same disease and had recovered. When another case of the disease was found, scientists took blood from Dick to make a serum which saved the life of the second sufferer. boat with safely. IL Cowen went to the res- his sail-boat from Grand arrived after the men had men. time that the role he gave A large graduating ing several from the along with scores < heard the mild-mannered, some ace give his belief. For he has seen for himself, better than a writer could describe, what happens when the Bomber Command goes to town-- an enemy town. “It is a contentious question, and everyone doesn’t agree how much can be done from the air, but the is for is r class, includ- i British Isles, of Canadians, hand solid reasons for he has seen does his job, cooly, with no thought of turning back. Fifteen seconds later comes bombs, then my fighters action. By is lit up so much by fires that you could thread a needle or read a newspaper. Enemy fighters strike hard and have little luck In picking off some of the bombers at either end of the formation. Plenty of flak flies around, but damage. Searchlights The flak continues red bombs. Th© by, more bombs un raid is over.” job, letting the 50 feet, A few down, very few. well trained for never have a. chance to worry our youth and families again.” He congratulated the, graduates on being ready to go overseas. Group Capt. Fyllarton, officer commanding No. 9 Service Flying School, ’ - - - - Buster cipal mere in a other : Following the wing presentations to the graduates by Wing Cmdr. Gibson, came the march past. Then came a demonstration by a Worn- en4s Division the school. The 'Ontario McDonald, R. Krol, all of Windsor; J. A. Bras-, sard, Strickland; R. A, Forbes, Woodstock; R. Penrice, Brantford; D, A. Wiley, IFrankfort; B. C. Wright, Seaforth; J. F. Cody, Lon don; H. Hancock, Hamilton; R, ,L Morrison, Langton; W. H. Pettit, Galt; G. E. Stevens, Preston, G. E. Shaw, Stratford. , in introducing the “Dam said, “He played the prin- part in the raid that did direct and indirect damage single operation, than any in the war,*’ MORE SHIPS, MORE TEA AND RATIONS UP % Just a year and a month after rationing commenced the govern ment is able to raise our allow ance of tea a full third, ‘SALAD A ’ Tea-lovers will rejoice at this happy turn pf events for now they can get lb. of their favourite tea every six weeks instead of every tight. i plained, ex .precision squad at graduates were J. J. C. Harwood and J. J. A. A, and week-end with the former's mother, Mrs, Wm. Carling. Mr, Bob Kydd and Ethel and Irene, of the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kydd. Misses Marion, Irene and Ethel i Pooley, Dorothy Johns, Eileen and' Ethlene Johns, spent Sunday and Labor Day at Grand Bend. » Mrs. Caroline Snell, of Toronto,' flooding and Jack Wright, of Detroit, have Jun(3 been visiting the past week with!call Mr. and Mrs. Clarise Snell. I what Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Pollen return- like [ed to Flint, Mich., on Tuesday, af-i .<Dam J ter visiting with relatives and atten* i descrjbes |ding the funeral of the late 'Anson a]ong about 24Q ’The Pathfinder planes, in on flares speed bomb ! is the sisters, Misses London, spent their parents, Dubbed By Churchill Many outstanding airmen have earned a nickname in the war, But only “Dam Buster” Gibson can claim the honor of being dubbed by Prime Minister Churchill him self. The prime minister called Gibson “Dam Buster” for his feats jin smashing dams that caused in the Ruhr Villey last Some of his friends also “Gibson the flood maker.” is a history-making raid HELPLESS FOR HOURS WITH FRACTURED HIP ELIMVILLE Mr, and Mrs, Ben Williams and Miss Joy Whitlock returned from a trip to relatives in Roblin Man,, and Bengough, Sask., on Wednes day of last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. 0, Whitlock, of St. Thomas, visited relatives here on Monday. Miss Joy Whitlock re turned to St. Thomas with them. Sgt, Clarence Ford, of Jarvis spent a forty-eight hour leave at his home this week.1 Mrs. John Cornish has gone to I live with her daughter, Mrs. Tal bot of Bayfield, Mrs. Talbot having gone back to her former position of teaching school, Mrs. Jean Jackson, of London, is .visiting her sister, Mrs, P .Murch recuperating from a broken Buster" it this way: Mrs. Thos. Dinney and son. Rowe, h and Mrs. Dean and daughter, Marion, of London, are spending this week at Mrs. Milo Snell’s cottage, at Grand Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Merviu Johnson,' seconds in Neil and Margaret, returned to Stratford Friday after a two weeks’ visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Sanders. Melville and Kenneth Ogden, Fillmore, Saskatchewan, now of St. Thomas, R.C.A.F., spent end with Mr. and Mrs. and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Rowe, Sarnia, and Mrs. Norman Lines return- F; Beaver.- returned Monday after visiting with their son George at Morrisburg and with Mrs. Beaver’s brother, Mr. R. J. Eacrett at Brantford. Mrs. Velma Lee and son. Billy, afer a week’s visit at the borne of her father, Mr. Geo, Easterbrook, and sister, Miss Phoebe Easterbrook, returned to their home in dale on Tuesday. L/Cpl. A. W. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. John Lines, of upent Sunday with Mr. Cecil Rowe, ed with them after spendiu summer here. Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, of St. Clair Shores Mich., returned to their home Tuesday after visiting for several days with the former’s brother, Mr. Frank Taylor and other relatives. ■Mr. James Fraser and Mrs. Brad key and daughter, Darlene, of De troit, and Mrs. Elmer Caulkett, of Port Huron, visited with their brother, Mr. Wm. Fraser and Mrs. Fraser on Sunday. Mr. A. A. Ericson and Mr. and Ericson, of Rochester, week-end at the and Mrs. Wm. May. Wm. consequently their airmen was not to the Allies, was consequently and crop of compared morale explained, but warned that not yet crushed. Gibson briefly You stream an hour, ahead, go drop their place, and • the first the target first, < to light up the : on. At zero hour is dropped on the target. It signal for 30 of the biggest airman's life. does little move about, to fall like seconds roll load, and the Describing the Ruhr Valley raids, Wing Cmdr. Gibson said his squad ron did a perfect bombs fall from aircraft were shot “I selected crews this particular job. They included 'Canadians, Australians and British, jit was the British Empire at work,” he said. ’ Germany misses a place like Canada where she might • train fliers miles away from the front, the veteran of 70 of more sorties against the enemy said. He said the enemy had to train in virtual blackou ts, present good, Enemy low, he it was Raids on Germany are aimed to destroy their morale, and are di rected at the country’s very core,” he pointed out. “There’s nothing to worry about who’s going to win this war.” Wing Cmdr. Gibson assured the grad uates. “But when I tell you that our men will damage towns in their flights, I want you to remember what a dirty race the Germans are. War isn’t pleasant, and it is hard to understand the bombing and per secutions done by the Nazis early in the battle. To Finish Hnns Unable to make anyone hear her calls, 84-year-old Mrs, Jane O'Brien! Whiie lay helpless all night on the floor I anxie. of her Clinton home after falling. Mr' alld Mrs< Wm BradshaW) of and fracturing a hip. She was not Seaforth, were week-end and Labor discovered until morning, when a-Bay visitors at Mr, John Herdman’s milkman heard her cries of distress .Master David Bradshaw returned while making deliveries. He ob-.jjOme with them after holidaying tained help and Mrs. O’Brien was'here, taken to Clinton Hospital in serious* Next Sunday the preaching condition. {vice will be held at 7.30 p.m. Troublesome Night Coughs Are Hard on the System It’s the cough that sticks; the cough that is hard to get rid of: the cough accompanied by a tickling in the throat that causes the nerve and throat wracking trouble that keeps you awake at night. Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup ’ this coughing condition by soothing the irritated parts, loosening the phlegm and stimulating the bronchial is done the troublesome irritating cough may be relieved. .■Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup has been on the market for the past 48 years. The Trade Mark “3 Pine Trees”. Price 35c a bottle; large family size, about 3 times as much, 60c at all drug counters. The T. Milburn Co.. Limited, Toronto, Ont. Syrup helps to relieve organs, and when this Thorn- “This time we shall see they will Mr. Fort and and last Mrs. N.Y., spent the ii ome of Mr. Mrs. A. Ericson who has been visit ing here returned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. George Bedford, of Detroit, motored to Exeter on Satur day bringing with them the former’s sister, Mrs. Valeria Armstrong, who had been holidaying in Detroit with her brothers. Mr. and 'Mrs, Bed ford returned to Detroit Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Olav Peterson and sou, Henry, after a two week holi day with the latter’s parents, and .Mrs. H. Pftttersen, at William and other relatives friends at Port Arthur; Nipigon Niagara Falls, returned home week. MEN 18 to 45 Canadian soldiers are in action! They have shared the immortal honor of establishing tbe first bridgehead in Axis Europe! Be ready to reinforce the boys over there* Get going iiow •— why wait to be drafted? Remember it takes a year to train a soldier. Volunteer non'!1 WOMEN 18 to 45 you can help, too! Join the CWAC so a man can be released to fight. It’s a great experience for any woman . . , it’s real full-time service. I iM-bhljr-B a.1: IUI u y tu Mrs, and Mrs. and Mrs. Mrs. Husband, of Ivan Stewart, of Myers, who last to her home at Visitors at the home of Mr. James Green on Sunday were and Mrs. Ira Moir, Misses Ola Audrey, of Listowel, Mr. and Robert Green and Miss Wilma Lois, of Port Stanley, Mr; and Edwin Hawkins and Patsy, of Seaforth, Mr. and London, and Mr. Farquhar. Miss Beverley May was called High River, Alta., owing to an ac cident to her father, has returned to Exeter to reside with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F, Brlerly and will attend Exeter High School. Mr, Myers, who was seriously in jured is now able to be around without the aid of crutches, / YOUNG MEN of 17 .. . there’s a dandy op portunity for you to take a trade-training course in the Army) if you have completed grade VIII schooling. LOW CATEGORY MEN, 18 to 45... not eligible for overseas service are urgently needed for duty ini Canada to replace men going to the front. VETERANS UNDER 55 You can release younger men to fight by taking on essential duties in the Veterans* Guard of Canada. Categories A, B, of C may enlist. CANADIAN ACTIVE ARMY ENLISTMENT CENTRES:- LONDON-379 Richmond St WINDSOR-Ouelletfe Ave. at the Tunnel KITCHENER—City Hall Square Or contact the Mobile Recruiting Unit which visits your locality each week *